document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=322665>Question 322665</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The linear equation y=0.16x+0.78 represents an estimate of the average cost of gas for year x starting in 1997 (“Consumer price index,” 2006). The year 1997 would be represented by x = 1, for example, because it is the first year in the study. Similarly, 2005 would be year 9, or x = 9.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ =\ 1\"> represents the year 1997, then the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">-intercept, where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ =\ 0\"> must represent the year 1996.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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